USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -For more than 80 years, people in the Northern and Southern states had been debating the issues that ultimately led to war: economic policies and practices, cultural values, the extent and reach of the Federal government, and, most importantly, the role of slavery within American society.

Detailed explanation-2: -War for Freedom. In the four years of the American Civil War, the United States began to redeem itself from the 250-year-long tragedy of slavery. On the battlefields of that war, and in the buildings, artifacts, documents, and stories they contain, four million African Americans won their freedom.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adams County, PA | Jul 1-3, 1863. The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil War. With more than 50, 000 estimated casualties, the three-day engagement was the bloodiest single battle of the conflict.

Detailed explanation-4: -Freedom meant land to own, cultivate, and live on. Freedom meant a trial before a jury if. 12. 1865–1868. Students assembled in front of James Plantation School in North Carolina shortly after the Civil War ended in 1865.